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that's why we are now building a nato missile defense system to protect our populations against milz attacks. piracy, this is the reasons why we conduct counterpiracy operation. so across the board we have taken on responsibility for new missions but, again, with the core task to protect our citizens against any thrat. >> rose: how much of that is borne by the united states, both in terms of budget and in terms of resources? >> a lot, of course. the united states is the biggest ally accounting for around 80% of the overall defense expenditure in our alliance. so it really is a huge contribution. but politically i think it's of jut most importance also for a suppower like the united states to have allies in europe, like-minded democracies. i find it of utmost importance that democracies in europe and north america stand together shoulder to shoulder to defend our common values. >> rose: when you talk about missile defense, against missiles coming from where? >> well, actually, our missile defense system is not directed against any specific country but it aims at protecting our populat
that's why we are now building a nato missile defense system to protect our populations against milz attacks. piracy, this is the reasons why we conduct counterpiracy operation. so across the board we have taken on responsibility for new missions but, again, with the core task to protect our citizens against any thrat. >> rose: how much of that is borne by the united states, both in terms of budget and in terms of resources? >> a lot, of course. the united states is the biggest ally...
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. >> rose: because a lot of prosecutors become defense attorneys which seems to suggest that you are not necessarily born with a prosecutorial dna, but that it is a skill, you know, that you can use on both sides of that aisle. >> there are some people who could not be prosecutors, they don't have the constitution for it, it is not the easiest ming in the world to spend your time working on cases that are difficult and that mean so much to people and by definition if you are doing your job properly and holding people to account as they should be held to account under the laws and the constitution of this country that you see people get their liberty taken away from them, it takes a strong constitution to do that and also people who are prosecutors and couldn't represent defendants, but there are also i think a lot of people who realize that we have a great system in this country, great criminal justice system, and everyone is worthy of representation, and the rule of law needs to be upheld and not only by prosecutors but by defense lawyers also. and there are a lot of people i think
. >> rose: because a lot of prosecutors become defense attorneys which seems to suggest that you are not necessarily born with a prosecutorial dna, but that it is a skill, you know, that you can use on both sides of that aisle. >> there are some people who could not be prosecutors, they don't have the constitution for it, it is not the easiest ming in the world to spend your time working on cases that are difficult and that mean so much to people and by definition if you are doing...
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spending, so romney may have lost it on the pocy tre but he m ha e pitics right in terms of his defense spending, i would circle back o the issue of women. the number of time they both talked about rights for women in the middle east they kept come back to that and there was clearly an effort to go for women when they went into that, into that cull again sack on domestic, cul-de-sac on domestic policy they went back to. when romney talked about bipartisan solution and in massachusetts on education that was sort of a three for on the panderg to women frt, ther was a lot of mess sick in domestic .. a lot of domestic politics embedded into what was supposed to be a foreign policy debate. >> rose: mark and john, how are the romney people spinning this after the debate? >> well, they executed their plan, some of our colleagues disagree with the plan, they executed the plan they wanted to, both candidates were trying to do what they always try, bale to the base and swing voters and if you look at the reaction to the republican base they are very happy, 90 wa'tlusred and stood up and picked hi
spending, so romney may have lost it on the pocy tre but he m ha e pitics right in terms of his defense spending, i would circle back o the issue of women. the number of time they both talked about rights for women in the middle east they kept come back to that and there was clearly an effort to go for women when they went into that, into that cull again sack on domestic, cul-de-sac on domestic policy they went back to. when romney talked about bipartisan solution and in massachusetts on...
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had some substance to it, when romney says one of the areas he tried to differentiate himself was on defense spending, smallest navy since 1916 that is true but in 1916 of course we didn't have nimitz class nuclear aircraft carrier that can reach targets 1,000 miles away that is more relevant so i think that is why that line work. i don't think this debate changes the basic dynamics but to go to tina's earlier point, mitt romney did do a rope a dope and in denver i thought that barack obama did a rope a dope, what they both ignored in the history of rope a dope is, muhammad ali pummelled the heck out of somebody for eight round before he started rope a doping, these guys did not. >> rose: let me go to chuck todd did you see this coming in anyway? >> >> well, you don't think it was clear, yes, this was clearly going to be the romney strategy and we should give -- romney's best zinger if we give him one, we know what the obama is, bayonet is the putin line when it looked like he was ready to go and ready to go at putin when he said, you know, you wanted more flexibility and i think the line wa
had some substance to it, when romney says one of the areas he tried to differentiate himself was on defense spending, smallest navy since 1916 that is true but in 1916 of course we didn't have nimitz class nuclear aircraft carrier that can reach targets 1,000 miles away that is more relevant so i think that is why that line work. i don't think this debate changes the basic dynamics but to go to tina's earlier point, mitt romney did do a rope a dope and in denver i thought that barack obama did...
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worthy of representation, and the rule of law needs to be upheld and not only by prosecutors but by defense lawyers also. and there are a lot of people i think have an alley jans to the law suc such that they can assiduously perform their duties as a prosecutor and also zealously perform their duties as a defense lawyer as longs they are playing by the rules and following the constuti and following the law. >> rose: what will you do after this? >> i am not thinking that far ahead i would like to do this job as long as i can. >> rose: when you look at the cases that come out of wall street, do you believe that there has been sufficient prosecution? >> i think you have a combination, either you have criminal conduct, that occurred i think you have unethical conduct that occurred, i think you have stupid conduct that occurred, i think you have negligent conduct that occurred and a prosecutor's job whether it is me or anyone else in the justice department or local prosecutors can only to where the evince leads. rose: so tpeople who say why aren't there more people in jail, because of the thing
worthy of representation, and the rule of law needs to be upheld and not only by prosecutors but by defense lawyers also. and there are a lot of people i think have an alley jans to the law suc such that they can assiduously perform their duties as a prosecutor and also zealously perform their duties as a defense lawyer as longs they are playing by the rules and following the constuti and following the law. >> rose: what will you do after this? >> i am not thinking that far ahead i...